Following are some of our most significant milestones over the years:
1842 - The Daily News begins publishing in Galveston, Texas. Willard Richardson becomes editor a year later. Mr. Richardson makes The Daily News one of the nation's first papers to be distributed statewide by rail.
1857 - Mr. Richardson begins publishing the Texas Almanac and serves as its editor for 19 years. Early editions focused on Texas history and the workings of state government.
1865 - Alfred Horatio Belo joins The Daily News, now the most powerful newspaper in Texas. Belo succeeds Mr. Richardson and becomes majority owner of the Company.
1882 - The Company incorporates. Belo sends a young associate, George Bannerman Dealey, north to select a location for a sister newspaper. Three years later, The Dallas Morning News begins publishing under Mr. Dealey's direction.
1920 - Mr. Dealey becomes president of the Company. Six years later he renames it A.H. Belo Corporation in honor of his mentor.
1930s - WFAA-AM, one of the first radio stations in the U.S. and the first network affiliate in Texas after its launch by Belo in 1922, boosts its power to 50,000 watts, becoming the first "super-power" station in the Southwest.
1950 - Belo furthers its leadership in broadcasting by purchasing Dallas TV station KBTV and renamed it WFAA-TV. Today the ABC affiliate is the leading television station in Dallas/Fort Worth and the flagship of Belo's Television Group.
1981 - Belo's stock is publicly traded over the counter. Two years later it is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1984 - Belo buys KHOU-TV in Houston and WVEC-TV in Hampton/Norfolk.
1994 - Belo expands its Television Group by acquiring WWL-TV in New Orleans.
1997 - In the biggest transaction in its history, Belo acquires The Providence Journal Company. With it comes The Providence Journal; KING-TV and NorthWest Cable News (NWCN) in Seattle/Tacoma; KGW-TV in Portland; WCNC-TV in Charlotte; WHAS-TV in Louisville; KMSB-TV in Tucson; KREM-TV in Spokane; and KTVB-TV in Boise. In separate 1997 transactions, Belo acquires The Press-Enterprise, a daily newspaper serving Riverside County and the inland Southern California area; KMOV-TV in St. Louis; and KENS-TV in San Antonio .
1998 - WFAA becomes the first VHF station in the U.S. to transmit a digital signal (HDTV) on a permanent basis.
1999 - Belo acquires KTVK-TV, a highly rated independent station in Phoenix, and ABC affiliate KVUE-TV in Austin. Belo also launches Texas Cable News (TXCN), a 24-hour cable news channel. The Company's Internet subsidiary, Belo Interactive, is formed. In July, Belo acquires the Denton Publishing Company in Denton, Texas, which includes the Denton Record-Chronicle.
2000 - Belo acquires KONG-TV in Seattle/Tacoma and KASW-TV in Phoenix. Both were previously operated by Belo under local marketing agreements.
2001 - The Company's official name is changed from A.H. Belo Corporation to Belo Corp. Belo acquires KSKN-TV, a WB affiliate in Spokane that it previously operated under a local marketing agreement.
2002 - The Company acquires KTTU-TV, a UPN affiliate in Tucson that it previously operated under a local marketing agreement.
2004 - The Providence Journal celebrates its 175th anniversary on July 21. The Journal is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the U.S. 2007 - The Company acquires WUPL-TV in New Orleans, LA. 2008 - The Company's Board of Directors unanimously approved a plan to create separate television and newspaper businesses by spinning off the newspaper business into a publicly-traded company called A. H. Belo Corporation.
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